‘Assisted’ facial recognition and the reinvention of suspicion and discretion in digital policing

• Published in: British journal of criminology Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 325 - 344
• Main Authors: Fussey, Pete, Davies, Bethan, Innes, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.03.2021
• Subjects: discretion; facial recognition; suspicion; digital policing

Abstract Automated facial recognition (AFR) has emerged as one of the most controversial policing innovations of recent years. Drawing on empirical data collected during the United Kingdom’s two major police trials of AFR deployments—and building on insights from the sociology of policing, surveilla...